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C. C. PLATT Ju'he13; i933.

PACKAGE Filed July 18, 1931 In El.

Patented June 13, 1933 PATENT @FFEQE onAnnEs c ILATT', on NEW YORK, n.Y.

PACKAGE Application filed July 18,

My present invention is especially concerned with improvements in aspecialpackage containing or adapted to contaln articles of dissimilarcharacteristics but peculiarly adapted for use with each other.

The invention finds its preferred embodiment in a package for hose andhose supporters of the general character disclosed in m copendingapplication, Serial No.

540,603, filed May 28th, 1931.

In such application, I disclosed a novel hose and a novel garter whichcombination cooperated to produce a comfortable, properly supported legcovering assemblage. -For merchandising purposes, it is highly desirablethat the socks and garters be sold only together, in that both haveunique characteristics and when the garters are used with other socks orthe socks are used with other garters, neither are as effective as whenused in combination. In other words, if the public is to enjoy to thefullest extent, the benefits conferred by'the invention disclosed in myprior application, it is essential that the two articles be merchandisedtogether, that'is, that a pair of garters be sold with every set ofsocks.

With this end in view, I have provided a package in which the hose andthe supporters- 30 are attractively displayed. u

Contrary to the ordinary practice of packaging individual pairs of' hoseloosely in, over-sized boxes, the present invention provides means forcompactly storing and exhibiting a set of pairs of hose which aresecurely held together and which fit the container with comparativesnugness, whereby the merchandise will not present a disorder-' lyappearance when the box is opened. The garters are similarlyaccommodated and certain of the means for preserving the properrespective position of the socks and garters may serve to brace andstrengthen the structure of the box and prevent crushing of the goodstherein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a package of thischaracter of extremely simple and practical construction, well suitr edto meet the requirements of economical manufacture and characterized byits com- 1931. Serial No. 551,592.

pactness for purposes of shipment and storage and its neatness forpurposes of counter display.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a shallowbox is divided into a pair of compartments, one of which occupies thefull Width and the major length of the box and is adapted to snuglyreceive a set of pairs of socks encircled by a common wrapper. The othercompartment 69 is a narrow one extending across one end of the box andsnugly receiving thesimilarly wrapped garters.

The box is divided into the two compartments andthe height of the gartercompartment properly predetermined merely by use of simply formedcardboard insets, which additionally serve as box braces and are fittedand glued or otherwise secured in place.

The invention may be more fully understood from the followingdescription in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the package,

Fig. 2 is a similar View with the cover removed and the protective papersheet lifted upwardly to expose the merchandise.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and

' Fig. at is a plan view with the cover of the box removed.

In the drawing, I have used the reference numeral 10 to designate ashallow, rectangular cardboard box, having attached to one edge thereofa fly leaf 11, adapted to be folded down over the box. The box isprovided with a conventional flanged cover 12. At one end of the box, Iprovide a U-shaped, partition-forming member 15 of cardboard or thelike. The intermediate portion of this member extends transversely ofthe box and the legs 16 thereof extend along the sides of the box andabut the end wall thereof, the length of such legs predetermining thespacing of the member 15 (which stands on edge) from the end wall of thebox and thus deter mining the width of the end compartment and. thelength of the main compartment. Preferably legs 16 are glued orotherwise secured to the inner face of the box. A false bottom 13 in thenature of a card board mem ber bent along longitudinal lines into Ushape, and standing upon its flanges 14, fits snugly within the endcompartment and con stitutes a false bottom therefor.

A pair of garters 17 suitably folded and encircled by a wrapper 18, aredisposed within the small compartment (end compartment) resting on thefalse bottom 13 and lying substantially flush with the top of the box.In the larger compartment, a set of folded pairs of hose 18 areencircled by a larger wrapper 19, this bundle of hose with their wrapperbein suiiiciently thick to also lie substantially flush with the boxtop. When the fly leaf 11 hearing instructions or other indicia such as20, is folded down, the merchandise is concealed by it and the packageis completed by applying the cover 12.

By virtue of this arrangement, it will be observed that T have provided.a peculiarly compact and attractive package for the merchandise. Thedepth of the box as well as the depth of the false bottomed compartment,

' is carefully designed with respect to the articles to be packaged sothatthey will be held securely in position during transportation, itbeing understood of course, that the use of the encircling bands 18 and19 materially assist in preventing the merchandise from becomingunfolded or displaced.

The U-shaped members 13 and 15 may be cut out of scrap stock and inaddition to forming the compartments and bringing the garters flush withthe top of the box, these elements cooperate to afford-a very effectivebracing construction. The member 15 serves as a substantial brace acrossthe end of the box. The member 18 in turn not only braces the boxtransversely, but serves an effective brace between member 15 and theenl wall of the box. Thus the danger of crushing the box at the regionof the garter compartment, is avoided. If the box were inadvertentlycrushed at the end where the garters are carried, there would beconsiderable danger of permanently damaging the merchandise by bendingthe garter buckles or slides out of shape, whereas pressure applied tothe hosiery itself is unapt to damage the same.

From a merchandising standpoint, the advantages of packaging thestockings and garters together and selling them only 13% gether, hasbeen previously pointed. out, but from the standpoint of the user, thepresent package is a great convenience in that-lie is automaticallyprovided with a clean pair of garters whenever a set of hose ispurchased. Furthermore, the original package or box provides anextremely convenient receptacle in which the hose and garters may bestored or in which they may be stowed in a suit case or other article ofluggage.

The box cover may be removed and the open box with the flyleaf placed inthe cover. The public, inspecting the goods upon a counter, will thus beable not only to observe the novel nature of the merchandise containedby the box, but to see the advertising matter displayed on the flyleaf,the latter serving substantially to protect the goods from dust anddirt, except when folded back to expose the goods.

By virture of the inherent ability of the individual packages to resistcrushing, the shipment of a large number of packages in corrugated boardcartons may be effected with little likelihood of damaging themerchandise in transit. When a number of these packages are stacked, oneupon the other, in the carton, the individual package braces serve tocollectively sustain the carton against crushing.

It will thus be seen that there is herein described a package in whichthe several features of the invention are embodied, and which in itsaction attains the various objects of the invention and is well suitedto meet the requirements of pratical use.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely dilferent embodiments of the invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matte!contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing,shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A package of the class described,including a shallow box and a partition forming member therein, dividingthe box into an elongated hose receiving compartment and a relativelynarrow hose supporter receiving compartment, folded hose in the firstmentioned compartment lying substantially flush with the top edge of thebox, the hose supporter receiving compartment extending transversely ofthe box at one end thereof and having a false bottom therein adapted tosupport the hose supporters at a level substantially flush with the topedge of the box and with the hose whereby rattling about or displacementof the articles is prevented and the box appears to be completelyfilled.

2. A. container of the class described, in cluding a shallow box and apartition forming member therein, dividing the box into an elongatedhose receiving compartment and. a relatively narrow hose supporterreceiving compartment, the latter extending transversely of the box atone end thereof, the hose supporter receiving compartment having a falsebottom therein, a plurality of sets of pairs of hose arranged in thehose receiving compartment, said hose being folded and encircled by acommon wrapper memher and lying substantially flush with the top edge ofthe box, and a pair of hose supporters similarly encircled by a wrapperand lying in the hose supporter receiving compartment substantiallyflush with the top edge of the box.

8. A container of the class described, ineluding a shallow box and apartition-forming member therein dividing the box into an elongated hosereceiving compartment and a relatively narrow hose supporter receivingcompartment, the latter extending transversely of the box at one endthereof, the hose supporter receiving compartment having va false bottomtherein adapted to support the hose supporters, the partition formingmember constituting a substantially flat U-shaped element resting onedge with its intermediate portion extending transversely of the box todefine the partition and its leg portions lying against the side wallsof the box and abutting the end thereof to predetermine the spacingbetween the partition and the end wall of the box, said false bottomelement comprising a generally channel shaped piece of material fittingwithin the first mentioned U- shaped member and having its flangesresting on the box bottom, whereby to provide a platform.

4. A package of the class described including a relatively shallow box,a fly leaf attached to the box and adapted to cover the merchandisetherein and bearing indicia relating to said merchandise, a flangedcover for the box, a partition-forming member extending transversely ofthe box near one end of the latter, a set of folded pairs of hosieryarranged within the main compartment of the box and lying substantiallyflush with the upper edge of the box, a band encircling all of the setsof hosiery and a set of garters similarly wrapped, disposed transverselyof the box within the small compartment and a false bottom supportingsaid garters so that they lie substantially level with the hose.

5. A multi-compartment container of the class described, including ashallow box of cardboard or the like and a partition-forming and boxbracing member therein comprising a flat U-shaped element resting onedge within the box with its intermediate portion extending transverselyof the box to define the partition and serve as the brace and its legportions lying against the side wall of the box and abutting the endthereof, to predetermine the spacing between the partition and the endwall of the box, a second bracing element serving as afalse bottom forone compartment, comprising a generally channel shaped piece of materialfitting snugly within the first mentioned U-shaped member and bracingthe latter laterally and having its flanges resting on the box bottom.

cardboard or the like and a partition-forming and box bracing membertherein comprising a flat U-shaped element resting on edge within thebox with its intermediate portion extending transversely of the box todefine the partition and serve as the brace and its leg portions lyingagainst the side wall of the box and abutting the end thereof, topredetermine the spacing between the partition and the end wall of thebox, a second bracing element serving as a false bottom for onecompartment, comprising a generally channel shaped piece of materialfitting snugly within the first mentioned U-shaped member and bracingthe latter laterally and having its flanges resting on the box bottom,both of said elements comprising bent strips of cardboard.

7. A container as set forth in claim 6 and wherein the first mentionedU-shaped member has its legs glued to the inner faces of the box walls.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this16 day of July A. D. 1931.

CHARLES C.'PLATT.

6. A multi-compartment container of the class described, including ashallow box of

